Modern Family - "Australia" - 4/23/14
04-23-14 | 05:00 PM
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Modern Family - "Australia" - 4/23/14
THE PRITCHETT-DUNPHY-TUCKER CLAN ARE OFF ON ANOTHER FAMILY VACATION AND THIS TIME THEY GO TO THE LAND DOWN UNDER, ON ABC'S "MODERN FAMILY"
Rhys Darby ("Flight of the Conchords") Guest Stars as Fergus
"Australia" - The entire family tags along as Phil fulfills his mom's wish for him to return to his roots and visit the country where he was conceived, Australia. Unfortunately, Phil's attempts to embrace his native land are met by a lot of rejection, while Jay and Claire let work eat into vacation time, and Mitch and Cam get reacquainted with an old friend (guest star Rhys Darby) they can't stand but is now a big-time celebrity in Australia, on "Modern Family," WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23 (9:00-9:31 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.
Rhys Darby ("Flight of the Conchords") Guest Stars as Fergus
"Australia" - The entire family tags along as Phil fulfills his mom's wish for him to return to his roots and visit the country where he was conceived, Australia. Unfortunately, Phil's attempts to embrace his native land are met by a lot of rejection, while Jay and Claire let work eat into vacation time, and Mitch and Cam get reacquainted with an old friend (guest star Rhys Darby) they can't stand but is now a big-time celebrity in Australia, on "Modern Family," WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23 (9:00-9:31 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.
04-23-14 | 08:35 PM
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Re: Modern Family - "Australia" - 4/23/14
Enjoyable episode overall (though not nearly as funny as the Vegas episode) but the scene during the credits sucked.
more than it probably should have. Best episode of this show in a while.
04-24-14 | 02:00 AM
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04-24-14 | 08:20 AM
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Re: Modern Family - "Australia" - 4/23/14
I liked this episode...when the Dingo stole Claire's computer with her "baby" project on it and she said "The dog ran off with my computer" then Alex said "Missed Opportunity", I thought that was REALLY funny. I love it when this show makes you work to 'get' some of the humor. 
04-24-14 | 11:02 AM
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Re: Modern Family - "Australia" - 4/23/14
I saw that dingo ate my baby joke coming from a mile away. And then I kept thinking about Elaine's (Seinfeld) version of that joke.
Pretty good episode. Wish it was a two-parter
Pretty good episode. Wish it was a two-parter
04-24-14 | 11:17 AM
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Re: Modern Family - "Australia" - 4/23/14
I didn't think it was one of the funniest episodes, it reminded me of my honeymoon in Australia and all the same places we went.
04-24-14 | 01:40 PM
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04-24-14 | 02:55 PM
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Re: Modern Family - "Australia" - 4/23/14
I found this episode far funnier than the Vegas episode.
Loved the part with Luke losing his bathing suit and the topless girl diving under to find it. Plus there were some great one liners:
"she's got a great work ethic, she reminds me of young me. Yung-mi was our korean accountant, she died at her desk"
"How dumb do they think we are?" "Sometimes Claire leaves me pictures of food instead of a shopping list"
Even Lily had a great line "Lily, didn't you hear what I just said?" "I don't know, something about shoes?"
Loved the part with Luke losing his bathing suit and the topless girl diving under to find it. Plus there were some great one liners:
"she's got a great work ethic, she reminds me of young me. Yung-mi was our korean accountant, she died at her desk"
"How dumb do they think we are?" "Sometimes Claire leaves me pictures of food instead of a shopping list"
Even Lily had a great line "Lily, didn't you hear what I just said?" "I don't know, something about shoes?"
04-24-14 | 03:32 PM
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Re: Modern Family - "Australia" - 4/23/14
Once again Phil stole the show. I liked it but since people are comparing, I liked Vegas better. After going all that way, surprised it wasn't a two-parter. I thought they were going to have a boner joke when the topless girl tried to find his suit.
04-24-14 | 05:27 PM
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Re: Modern Family - "Australia" - 4/23/14
I thought it was pretty funny and enjoyable. Kinda surprised they didn't save it for the season finale actually. Though I do think the plot lines of family member goes on vacation and everyone in the entire family decides to come to are getting kinda dumb.
04-25-14 | 09:27 AM
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Re: Modern Family - "Australia" - 4/23/14
Lily has become one of my favorite characters. I hated her the first few seasons, she was way too young and her delivery was awful. She kills it now though.
